Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas by Jacob Stanzione https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn One of the Japanese Internment Camps. en-us 2018-11-27 22:37:08 UTC 2018-12-18 22:38:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Heading jacobs3316 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309055007 Jacob Stanzione
Anthony Bailey
period 6
Gilbert]]> 2018-11-28 21:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309055007 Opening and closing dates jacobs3316 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309057412 The Jerome War Relocation Center opened on October 6, 1942 and it was the first camp to close on June 30, 1944.]]> 2018-11-28 21:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309057412 Location jacobs3316 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309061606 Jerome War Relocation Center was one of the two camps in the Arkansas Delta, 27 miles north from Jerome.]]> 2018-11-28 21:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309061606 Populaiton anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309580991 As of January 1943, the population 7,932 people, and the following month Jerome reached its peak at nearly 8,500.]]> 2018-11-29 22:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309580991 Video interview from Jerome Relocation Center anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309584202 extra credit]]> 2018-11-29 22:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309584202 Map of Jerome relocation center anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309586197 The main residential area of the camp consisted of about 500 acres (about one square mile) that were surrounded by barbed wire fences and guard towers.]]> 2018-11-29 22:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309586197 School at the Jerome relocation center anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309586986 Jerome's schools didn't open until January 4, 1943, and even then, chairs did not appear for weeks and other supplies and equipment for months. Nonetheless, some 2,061 students attended Jerome's schools, taught by 94 teachers. ]]> 2018-11-29 22:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309586986 The food at Jerome relocation center anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309588875 Meals were taken in mess halls at designated times, disturbing traditional family units as children and adults alike soon took to eating with friends and peers rather than family. Sometimes snake would be on the menu and prisoners thought it tasted like chicken.]]> 2018-11-29 22:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309588875 Sports anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309590767  Sports were a popular activity. Jerome had some 75 baseball and softball teams, some built around prewar communities.]]> 2018-11-29 22:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309590767 Jerome relocation center documentary anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309594849 2018-11-29 23:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/309594849 Interesting facts and what we learned anthonyb2808 https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/310004794 "The A. J. Rife Construction Company was contracted to build the camp at cost of $4.7 million." stated Densho encyclopedia.


]]> 2018-11-30 22:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobs3316/rp55fxggtttn/wish/310004794